Ralph Baber

Ralph co-founded Slater Investments along with Mark Slater in 1994 and is Chief Operating Officer. Ralph is the Chairman of the Compliance & Risk and ESG Committees. He attends the Investment Committee, and also sits on the Operations and Pricing Committees. Ralph has a BSc (Hons) degree and is a qualified Chartered Accountant and member of the Chartered Securities Institute. He has served on several regulatory panels including the SFA Appeals Tribunal. Ralph was a manager at Price Waterhouse until he left to join a client, CAL Futures Limited, first as Finance Director and then, from 1987, as Managing Director. The company was one of Europe’s leading hedge fund managers and futures and options brokers. In 1995, the broking business was sold to Union plc where Ralph initially became an Executive Director. In 1997, he was promoted to Chief Executive. In 1998, Union plc bought World Invest, which had £2.6 billion of equity funds under management. In 2001, Union plc was acquired by a private group and Ralph was appointed Chairman.